SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2002

DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	1-4879	34-0183970
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077, North Canton, Ohio	44720-8077
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (330) 490-4000

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

     On August 7, 2002, in connection with the filing of the Form 10-Q of Diebold, Incorporated (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2002 (the “Report”), Walden W. O’Dell, the Chief Executive Officer, and Gregory T. Geswein, the Chief Financial Officer, of the Company each certified, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

			DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
			(Registrant)
			/s/Walden W. O’Dell
Date:	August 9, 2002	By:
			Walden W. O’Dell Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)